MercurySteam - a new company founded in May 2002 by staff from
Rebel Act Studios (
Severance: Blade of Darkness) - kindly sent us 4
exclusive screenshots of
Scrapland, showcasing this upcoming 3D sci-fi action game that takes place in Chimera, a gigantic city inhabited by robots. Be sure to check also the newly launched
website for more goodies. Scrapland is scheduled to be released in 2004.
SCRAPLAND delivers on these key features:
* A living, breathing sci-fi world, with a large variety of environments populated by dozens of amazing characters which pilot their gunships and behave friendly or agressively depending on the player's attitude.
* Furious 3D combat with extreme gunships. Experience the perfect blend between the wildest combat and the fastest races seen to date. Custom-made gunships, amazing weapons, incredible flight and attack/defence manoeuvres.
* A new standard in combat games. Single and multiplayer over LAN and
Internet.
* Complete freedom of movements through the game's world from the very
beginning. Play on foot or driving your own gunships. Follow the compelling storyline or do what you will, you'll never get lost.
* Huge range of actions at the player's disposal: Interact with all the characters, transform yourself into them to use their special abilities, challenge them, steal their gunships to build your own fleet and defeat them in wild combats and races.
* Next generation technology that provides state-of-the-art: graphics, AI, character animations, sound effects and multiplayer capabilities.
* This new, innovative game starring the daring robot D-Tritus, hasn't got a release date yet, but MSE asures it will be finished next year.